Outbreak : foodborne illness and the struggle for food safety / Timothy D. Lytton.
Material type:
- text
- still image
- computer
- online resource
- 9780226611716
- Food -- Safety measures -- United States
- Food -- Safety measures -- Government policy -- United States
- Food adulteration and inspection -- United States
- Food handling -- United States
- Consumer protection -- United States
- Foodborne diseases -- United States
- Industry
- Social services & welfare, criminology
- 363.19260973 23
- HD9000.9.U5 L988 2019
Also issued in print: 2019.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This work provides an overview of the US food safety system. It focuses on microbial contamination of food during production. Detailed case studies illustrate how deadly foodborne illness outbreaks caused by infected milk, poison hamburgers, and tainted spinach have spurred scientific and technological advances in food safety. These case studies reveal that efforts to improve food safety through government regulation, industry supply chain management, civil litigation, and consumer advocacy are highly interdependent.
Specialized.
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